De Dante a Borges

The great authors who make up the literary canon are harmed by a mistake that, according to José María Micó, should be undone: it is usually thought that they are outstanding representatives of the history, culture and thought of their time, when, in reality, they are classics because They transgressed the norms, because they went beyond the lines of force of their time. The fifteen essays gathered in this volume explain in a few words -sometimes taking stock and other times focusing on neglected or little-known aspects- why Dante, Petrarca, Manrique, Ariosto, el Lazarillo, Cervantes, Gracián, Rubén were and continue to be so unique. Darío, Borges or the main poets of the Golden Age. A book dedicated to the works to which Micó has dedicated a good part of his life, and which makes philological and hermeneutical work an authentic act of creation.